Linux-Tools

List of Linux Tools I put on almost every Linux / Debian host

Use Eget to download apps from Github

• Click here to download eget, then type $ eget schollz/croc to download croc (which copies files between systems)
• Change "schollz/croc" to any github repo discussed below …

Table of Contents

• Desktop GUI Apps
• Terminal File Explorers
• LS like Directory Viewers
• Text Editors and Viewers
• Process Explorers
• Network Related Apps
• Misc CLI Terminal Apps
• Software Installer App

What I (typically) Install:

Desktop GUI Apps

• geany-> GUI editor/ like “notepad++” for Windows
• wireshark--> network packet reviewer
• visual Studio Code --> (sudo snap install --classic code) Microsoft Visual Studio Code IDE for Linux
• guake-> GUI terminal client for linux, more options than the built in terminal

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Terminal File Explorers

• xplr --> Very graphical, best on large screens (sayanarijit/xplr on Github)
• 🌟 nnn--> Efficient and elegant (! drops to the command prompt) - personal favorite
• lf--> Cross platform (best for Windows, imho) (gokcehan/lf on Github)

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LS like Directory Viewers

• exa--> ls-like file / directory lister, adds colors and more to the standard ls output (Exa website link)
• 🌟 lsd-> Another ls clone, cross-platform (works on Linux, Mac Win) can also show directory sizes (Peltoche/lsd GitHub) - personal favorite

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Text Editors and Viewers

• micro--> For those new to Linux, or aren’t into vi or vim (/zyedidia/micro on Github)
• ne--> Terminal editor (like nano / code highlighting, "esc" or F1 for menus)
• 🌟 vim--> VI editor with tons of extras - personal favorite
• vimrc--> config script for vim (from Github amix/vimrc) --> ⭐ Try out vim_awesome based on this
• bat--> "cat" clone with colors and other features (sharkdp/bat on Github)

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Process Explorers

• glances --> Lots of system info in one "glance", cross-platform (available for Windows) --installs python
• 🌟 htop --> Supercharged top clone — personal favorite
• btop--> TUI CLI graphics, fast, less dependencies than Glances (aristocratos/btop on Github)
• bottom --> A btop inspired process monitor, cross platform

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Network Related Apps

• croc--> Seemlessly and securely send files between 2 systems (cross platform runs on PC, MAC, Linux, Debian etc) (schollz/croc on Github)
• network-manager--> installs nmtui Terminal Network Manager app (set IPs, etc)
• hping3--> check if something is on the network, way more powerful than "ping"
• nmap-> Network scanner --> Check out ncrack for a network authentication tool
• bmon-> TUI network bandwidth monitor
• mtr--> Traceroute and ping in one, great for network troubleshooting
• dog--> Dig clone DNS explorer with a TUI (/ogham/dog on Github)
• neoss -- ss clone, shows socket statisitcs in an easy to search TUI (PabloLec/neoss on Github)

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Misc CLI Terminal Apps

• chkservice--> TUI Linux systemd service review from the terminal (linuxenko/chkservice on Github)
• ncdu--> Terminal disk and folder space viewer
• lynis--> Linux security auditing by CISOFY
• apt-show-versions--> shows package versions / if needing upgrade ("$ apt-show-versions -u")
• fd--> Linux find clone with saner defualt options (PC, MAC, Linux, Debian, etc) (sharkdp/fd on Github)
• fish --> "friendly interactive shell" beats the pants off of bash, (Fishshell.com)
• tig--> TUI client for git (jonas/tig on Github)
• miller --> Does about everything awk and sed does for json/csv/etc files (johnkerl/miller on Github)
• most--> Linux pager, better than "less" or "more"
• lazydocker --> TUI terminal software for Docker containers (jesseduffield/lazydocker on Github)
• json-tui--> Easy way to review json files, has a cool table view (ArthurSonzogni/json-tui Github)
• jc--> Shows common Linux command output in json format (kellyjonbrazil/jc on Github)
• duf --> Disk utility TUI (aka a df clone, muesli/duf on Github)
• visidata --> Reading CSV files or other large data sets (visidata.org)
• eg --> TLDR.sh like tool that helps with Linux commands (srsudar/eg on Github)
• procs --> A ps process explorer clone with a GUI (dalance/procs on Github)
• sd --> A sed search & replace clone with saner syntax (/chmln/sd on Github)
• ripgrep-all --> A grep clone but faster, and can search pdfs, csv, zip, .gz etc, cross platform (/phiresky/ripgrep-all on Github)
• fzf --> A command-line fuzzy finder that enhances search and navigation in the terminal. Ideal for quickly finding files, command history, git, and more (junegunn/fzf on GitHub)

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Updates

• 11/19/23 - Updated Readme for consistency and readability
• 01/29/23 - Huge improvements to the linux installer, added eget as a software installer
• 11/05/22 - Now the apps at the left are links to where you can get these tools (happy holidays 🥳)!

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Sometimes using 2 apps together can be helpful

• Using jc and json-tui together can produce some pretty results, the top of the picture shows the table view output of sudo jc -p lsof -i |json-tui (the bottom showing the standard lsof -i results)